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Social pressures do not change Mormon doctrine. It was not a "new revelation" that led Mormons to abandon polygamy but laws passed by Congress and upheld by the court of last resort-and Mormons obey the law of the land...
Secretary of State Rusk, never known for his diplomatic adeptness in dealings with foreign Leftists, insists that Hanoi suspend her infiltration into the South before America stops the bombing. This is folly. It asks Hanoi to abandon her entire military stake in exchange for discontinuing only part of America's military effort...
...about them forever. But Emily Sisson (Alison) played a trembly faun while Tracy Goss. (Helena) played a la-de-dah matron. So at the end we concentrated on an antique question: which type woman will Jimmy wind up with? Instead we should be watching Jimmy's final gesture of abandon...
...moderate whites. Shock tactics will only isolate their proponents in such a faraway corner of the political arena that they may be ignored. In identifying with "doves," the civil rights movement--which will always need moderate white support--must be selective. This is not to say that Negroes should abandon forever the notion of backing a third party if Johnson continues on his present course in Vietnam. But no third party can expect much influence in upcoming elections unless its rher ric is vaguely comprehensible to the party in the middle...
...create a church schism over the issue, many Mormon liberals are confident that the continuing pressure of the civil rights revolution will sooner or later provoke a new divine dispensation-just as changing social conditions and government pressure led eventually to a "revelation" in 1890 that Mormonism should abandon polygamy...